The Double Event (1911 film)

The Double Event
Contemporary advertisement
Directed byW. J. Lincoln
Written byW. J. Lincoln[3]
Based onnovel by Nat Gould
Produced byWilliam Gibson
Millard Johnson
John Tait
Nevin Tait
StarringThe Bland Holt Company
CinematographyOrrie Perry
Production
company
Distributed byTait's Pictures
Release date
  • 21 October 1911 (1911-10-21) (Melbourne)[1]
[2]
Running time
3,000 feet[4] or over an hour[5]
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles
Budget£600-700[6]

The Double Event is a 1911 Australian feature-length film directed by W. J. Lincoln based on the first novel by Nat Gould, which had been adapted several times for the stage, notably by Bland Holt.[7]

It was one of several films Lincoln made with the Tait family, who had produced The Story of the Kelly Gang.[8]

It is considered a lost film.

  1. ^ Mary Bateman, 'W.J. Lincoln', Cinema Papers, June–July 1980 p 214
  2. ^ "Advertisement". The Age. No. 17, 653. Victoria, Australia. 14 October 1911. p. 20. Retrieved 21 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "THE PLAYGOER". Punch (Melbourne, Vic. : 1900 – 1918; 1925). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 19 October 1911. p. 36. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  4. ^ "AMUSEMENTS". The Examiner. Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 6 March 1912. p. 3 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference event was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "MOTION PHOTOGRAPHY". The Prahran Telegraph. Vol. XLX, no. 2602. Victoria, Australia. 2 September 1911. p. 3. Retrieved 21 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Advertising". The Examiner. Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 9 March 1912. p. 9 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  8. ^ Endean, Lin (13 December 1933). "134 Years in the Industry: The Perrys' Record identifier". Everyones. p. 44.